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stoep

English

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Borrowed from Afrikaans stoep, from Dutch stoep, from Middle Dutch stoep. Doublet of stoop.

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stoep (plural stoeps)

  1. A raised veranda in front of a house.
    • 1926, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier, Norton, published 2005, page 1501:
      To my surprise there was a house close beside me, a fairly large house with a broad stoep and many windows.
    • 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 89:
      On the stoep an old man was moving about on hands and knees with red polish and brushes and dirty cloths.
    • 1983, J. M. Coetzee, Life and Times of Michael K, Secker & Warburg, published 1983, page 18:
      Why should the Police want us to spend nights hiding on other people's stoeps and beg in the streets and make a nuisance of ourselves?
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From Dutch stoep, from Middle Dutch stoep.

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stoep (plural stoepe)

  1. stoep, stoop, raised platform or veranda in front of a house

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  • → English: stoep

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch stoep, stoope, from Old Dutch *stōpa, from Proto-West Germanic *stōpā, related to the verb *stappjan (“to tread, step”).

Cognate to German Low German Stuuf, German Stufe, Old English stōpel (“footprint”).

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  • IPA(key): /stup/
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  • Hyphenation: stoep
  • Rhymes: -up

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stoep f (plural stoepen, diminutive stoepje n)

  1. pavement, footpath, sidewalk
    Synonyms: trottoir, voetpad
  2. stoop, platform before a (major) door into a building, doorstep

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